Monster Hunters #8 – Key Highlights
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Publisher: Charlton Comics
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Publication Date: November 1976
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Editor: George Wildman
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Cover Artist: Tom Sutton (tentative attribution; pencils and inks)
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Genre: Horror, Occult, Monster
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Pages: 36 (general listing states 32 pages)
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Format: Full Color
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Original Cover Price: $0.30
🔥 Key Significance
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Features a cover tentatively attributed to horror-comics legend Tom Sutton, with Colonel Whiteshroud appearing in a cover vignette.
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Includes an eight-page story featuring Steve Ditko artwork, titled “Frogman.”
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Also features a seven-page story, “The Untouchable Killer!,” with signed creator credits for Carl Wessler, Rich Larson, and Tim Boxell.
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The issue continues the Colonel Whiteshroud features, combining supernatural explanations, occult tales, and monster encounters.
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The one-page “Haunted Houses” feature, illustrated by Enrique Nieto, was later reprinted in Adventures into the Unknown #1 (1990).
📖 Story Highlights
- “The Untouchable Killer!” – 7 pages
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Script: Carl Wessler (signed)
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Pencils: Rich Larson (signed)
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Inks: Tim Boxell (signed)
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Genre: Occult
- “Wormholes!” – 7 pages
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Script: Steve Clement (signed)
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Pencils and Inks: Tom Sutton (tentative attribution)
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Character: Colonel Whiteshroud
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Genre: Occult
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Jeffrey inherits his uncle's farm, along with the giant, carnivorous worms that killed him.
- “Haunted Houses” – 1 page
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Pencils and Inks: Enrique Nieto (signed)
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Character: Colonel Whiteshroud
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Genre: Occult
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Later reprinted in Adventures into the Unknown #1 (A-Plus Comics, 1990).
- “Stalking the Strangler” – 1-page text story
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Genre: Occult
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Lettering: Typeset
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Later reprinted in Adventures into the Unknown #1.
- “Frogman” – 8 pages
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Script: Nicola Cuti (signed)
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Pencils and Inks: Steve Ditko
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Character: Colonel Whiteshroud
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Genre: Occult
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A scientist captures an amphibian humanoid in the swamp.
📌 Additional Details
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Cover Feature: Colonel Whiteshroud appears in a vignette.
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“Haunted Houses” features Colonel Whiteshroud explaining different types of haunted houses.
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The issue includes contributions from several notable Charlton creators, including Steve Ditko, Tom Sutton, Nicola Cuti, and Carl Wessler.
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The five listed features account for 24 pages of the 36-page issue. The remaining pages are not itemized in the supplied details.
Collector’s Note: Monster Hunters #8 is an appealing Charlton monster anthology for fans of Steve Ditko and Tom Sutton. Ditko's eight-page “Frogman” and the tentatively attributed Sutton artwork make this issue particularly interesting, alongside its signed creator credits and Colonel Whiteshroud features.
